Means for fastening articles in packing cases



Dec, 18 1923.

A. NEILS Filed Dec. 10 1919 MEANS FOR FASTENING ARTICLES IN PACKING CASES Patented Dec. 18, 1923. Ldldii ALBERT NEILS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNO'R TO TOLEDO SCALE COMPANY, OF TOLEDO,

' OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MEANS FOR FASTENING ARTICLES IN PACKING CASES.

Application filed December 10, 1919. Serial No. 343,811.

To aZZwhom it may concern: ure 1 shows a solid base 1 of a packing case Be it known that I, ALBERT NniLs, a citihaving a pair of blocks or cleats 2 rigidly zen of the United States, residing at Toledo, secured at the ends of the upper face therein the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, of. A plurality of resilient slats 3 is sup- 6 have invented certain new and useful Imported in spaced relation to the base 1 by provements in Means for Fastening Artimeans of the cleats 2 to which the slats are cles in Packing Cases, of which the followsecured by means of screws 4 or equivalent ing is a specification. fastening devices. A pair of bars 5 extends This invention relates to packing cases for transversely of the slats 3, each of said bars re heavy articles and machines of somewhat being held in place by bolts 6 secured to cerfragile nature, such as weighing scales. tain of the resilient slats, and the scale or One of the principal objects of the inother article to be shipped is securely fasvention is the provision of means for se tened to the bars 5 by bolts, clamps, etc.

curely yet yieldably fastening an article in The slats 3 are made of resilient strips prefplace in a packing case in such a way as to erably of wood, being supported at their reduce the probability of its being injured ends only to form a resilient platform for by sudden jars such as occur when the case the scale secured upon their spaced central is roughly handled. portions. It will be noted that the strips Another object is the provision of means are free to yield to some extent laterally as an to so support the article in the case that it well as vertically.

will not lie against nor be supported by a The space between the lower faces of the portion of the walls of the case, which may slats and the base may be utilized to house therefore be constructed of comparatively detached parts 8 of the machine. After the light material. scale is secured to the base, the remainder 25 Another object is to provide a device for of the packing case (not shown) is set over resiliently fastening an article in the case the scale and the lower portions of the walls so which is easily and cheaply constructed and of the case are screwed or otherwise faswhich does not involve undue enlargement tened to the edges of the base 1. The upper of the case or radical changes in usual packportion. of the case is thus spaced from the 30 ing practice. 7 centrally-mounted scale, and the scale does With the above and other objects in View not come into contact and is not supported which will readily appear as" the invention by. any portion of the walls no matter how is better understood, my invention consists the case may be turned. of the novel construction, combination and The slats 3, as shown in Figure 1,are of sub- 35 arrangement of elements to be hereinafter stantially the same width and are substanmore fully described and particularly pointtially parallel, but the number and relation ed out in the appended claims. of the slats may, of course, be varied at will Reference is to be had to the accompanyfor cooperation with articles of various ing drawings illustrating a preferred emshapes and sizes. In Figures 2 and 3, for GX- e0 bodiment of my invention and wherein simiample, I have shown a form in which the lar reference numerals designate similar slats 8 converge from one of the cleats 2 to parts throughout the several views. the other and in which the outer slats are In the drawings heavier and more substantial than the inner Figure 1 is a perspective view of my imones. Since the base of the scale 7 which 45 proved fastening means, showing a counter the slats in this case are adapted to carry is scale secured thereby to the base of a packwide enough at one end to be directly suping case; ported by all four of the slats, only one bar Figure 2 is a plan view of another form 5 is necessary. By arranging the slats in thereof, showing a scale base, with parts non-parallel relation they serve to assist in 50 broken away, secured in position; and bracing the case, and the case may be fur- Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section ther strengthened by means of additional taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figslats 9. The space between the slats and ure 2. the base is utilized, as in the modification Referring to the drawings in detail, Figdescribed above, to contain detached parts 8? of the scale, and other parts may, if desired, be separately secured to the slats 3 and 9?;

While it will be apparent that the illus trated embodiment of my invention herein disclosed is Well "calculated to "adequately fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to variationfinodification and change Within the spirit and scope of the subjoined claims.

"Having/described my invention, I claim: LThe combination with a packing case base, said base being of relatively rigid construction, of spaced slats, and means securedto said base independently of the Walls ofsaid case for supporting the ends only of said 'slatsupon said base. r

2. The combination with a packing case base, said base being of relatively rigid construction, of cleats secured to the margins of said base, resilient slats supported by said cleats, and means for "securing an article to said. slats.

3. The combination With a. packing case base,'sai'd basebeing of relatively rigid construction of cleats secured to the margins of. said base, resilient slats supported by saidcleats, and means for-securing an article to said slats, said means including a transverse member adapted to be 'securedto said article. a

4. The combination with a packing case base, said basebe'ing of relatively rigid construction, of cleats secured to the margins of said base, and resilient article-carrying means supported on said cleats.

5. The combination with a packing case base, saidbase being of relatively rigid constrii'ction, of cleats secured to the margins of said base, and resilient slats supported on said cleats.

6. The combination With a packing case base, said base being of relatively rigid construction, of cleats secured to the margins of said base, and resilient slats supported on said cleats, said slats converging from one of said cleats toward the other.

v7. In a device of the class described, in

combination, a baseoi' relatively rigid con 10. In a device o'i-the class described, the

combination of afbase or" relatively rigid construction, and resilient article-carry1ng slats secured at-their ends thereto so as tobe' spaced therefrom throughout the greater portion of their length.

11'. In a device of theclass described, the

' co-i'nl'iination of a base, and resilient articlecarrying slats secured at their ends thereto so as to be spaced therefrom througl'iout the greaterportion of their length, said slats being arranged in non-parallel relation.

12'. In a device of the class described, the

"combination of a base and resilient articlecarrying slats secured at their ends thereto so as to be spaced therefrom throughout the greater portions of their lengths, said slats being arranged in converging relation.

ALBl fltlv NEILSL Witnesses:

B. O. MARSHALL, O; E. WILcox. 

